Our Mission

We believe that the door to salvation is always open, as are the doors to our Syriac Orthodox church. Our mission is to be fully devoted to Jesus Christ.

Part of that mission means showing God’s love and concern for our fellow man at every opportunity. And we open our arms to those in search of the truth. Through works of charity and by opening our doors to listen and love, we strive to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ.

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Patriarch Message

We Come to World for Serving & Sharing

Inspiring Messages from Our Church

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Apr 2018

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Leonard Chernigal turned 90 on March 16, and his life story mirrors the life of the Assyrian Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary, founded in West Hoboken (now Union City) about 13 years before his birth in 1928. The West Hoboken church was the first Assyrian Orthodox Church of Antioch built in the United States, taking its name from the church in Diyarbakır, Turkey, that many West Hoboken parishioners attended before they left the old country. In fact, the altar in the West Hoboken church was designed to look like the altar......